April 28, 2013
880 AM NEWS –
Alberta prison guards fighting back
When the provincial government ignored concerns raised by guards around the new Edmonton remand centre, an entire shift of 70 guards staged a wildcat strike. Two suspensions followed protests around health and safety concerns. http://www.inews880.com/news/edmonton/story.aspx?ID=1947257
Related: Metro News
Alberta jail guards say new Edmonton Remand Centre not safe enough to work in
Related: Global News
Jail guards say new remand centre not safe
http://globalnews.ca/news/473196/jail-guards-say-new-remand-centre-not-safe
CBC News (Vancouver)
Critics say naming gangs dangerous
Vancouver police are suggesting they will release photos of known gang members. The police are getting mixed reactions to the idea. http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/BC/ID/2381949890/?sort=MostRecent
Vancouver Sun – Kim Boylan
B.C. gangsters to be outed in new police offensive –
Provincial agency vows it will release names of as many gang members as possible and public is urged to take a stand. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/gangsters+outed+police+offensive/8299044/story.html#ixzz2RgAFdLOr
The Bakersfield Californian
A way to better judge realignment’s impact
Efforts to relieve prison crowding, mandated by federal court, have resulted in the transfer of some inmates to county jails and others to parole and release. Known as realignment, the practice is taking the blame for increases in criminal offences. However, the plan made no provisions for statistical tracking on recidivism. http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/opinion/our-view/x1322505111/A-way-to-better-judge-realignments-impact
Human Rights First
Importance of Counsel for Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in Detention Stressed by Faith, Civil Rights, Legal, and Other Leaders
Leaders have proposed viable ways to answer the long overdue concession to provide legal advice to indigent and vulnerable immigrants. http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2013/04/26/importance-of-counsel-for-asylum-seekers-and-immigrants-in-detention-stressed-by-faith-civil-rights-legal-and-other-leaders
Courthouse News Services – Matt Reynolds
Detained Aliens Can Sue U.S. on Its Own Dime
Here is a helpful explanation of the side issues involved in the federal court ruling that mentally disabled immigrants are entitled to legal counsel. http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/04/26/57102.htm
Related article: L.A. Times – Cindy Chang
Mentally disabled facing deportation win right to free legal help
IIRP – Brenda Morrison
Building Safe and Healthy School Communities: Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation
RJ is much more than another process for regulating bullying behaviour in schools. Says Morrison: “The implementation of restorative justice and responsive regulation in schools offer an opportunity for schools to invest in justice, not a simple ‘one-off’ opportunity, but one that embraces the ongoing and emerging complexities of school life.” http://www.iirp.edu/iirpWebsites/web/uploads/article_pdfs/au05_morrison.pdf
Vancouver Sun – Gerry Bellett
Vancouver police mental health team tries to stop the revolving door of arrest and treatment
Known as the Acute Home Based Treatment team, and populated by a variety of community resource people, the team is one of the VGH and UBC hospital’s mental health outreach teams that are taking services into homes and homeless shelters and to people living on the street. http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Vancouver+police+mental+health+team+tries+stop+revolving+door+arrest+treatment/8297078/story.html#ixzz2RiLalMPt
CBC News Hamilton –
Group stages last-ditch protest before deportation of Hamilton man’s wife
Could family break-up be traced to immigration policy in Canada? Try this one, now in desperate and final stages. A husband and three children left without their wife and mother. http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/04/27/hamillton-abdou-deportation-protest.html
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Finally facing justice – A program promoting restorative justice is being trialled in Queensland prisons
The Sycamore Tree Project is supported by Prison Fellowship. Victims and offenders meet for eight 2 hour sessions, usually over a period of 8 weeks.http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/04/26/3746150.htm
Related article: The Sycamore Tree- Melissa’s Story http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/04/26/3746117.htm
CTV News – Bruce Cheadle – Canadian Press
Government to back private bill to toughen parole on some murder sentences
Strangely enough, after mandatory sentences, the federal government wants to give judges the discretion to add to the 25 years before parole sentences for certain crimes while the back-bencher introducing the legislation concedes that no one in the category of crime he is addressing has gotten out yet.http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/government-to-back-private-bill-to-toughen-parole-on-some-murder-sentences-1.1253671#ixzz2Rimff6hW